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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, how much does the narrator win in the Premium Bonds?
(a) 1,000 pounds.
(b) 500 pounds.
(c) 25 pounds.
(d) 50 pounds.

2. What is the name of the cat that turns up at Hempstock Farm in pagan days?
(a) Buttons.
(b) Big Oliver.
(c) Monster.
(d) Big Tom.

3. What does Ellen Henderson send the narrator on his birthday in Chapter 3?
(a) Money.
(b) A bandana.
(c) A handkerchief.
(d) A book.

4. In Chapter 3, what does the narrator have caught in his throat?
(a) An apple.
(b) Candy.
(c) A coin.
(d) A bone.

5. In Chapter 7, what is the weather like when the narrator awakens?
(a) Sunny and warm.
(b) Cold and cloudy.
(c) Stormy.
(d) Rainy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what colors is Ursula wearing?

2. Around what time of day does the man commit suicide in the narrator’s father’s car?

3. What color shirt is the narrator’s father wearing in Chapter 7?

4. In Chapter 6, how many days a week does the narrator’s mother say she will work at her new job?

5. What is served for dinner in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the narrator like to read on nice spring days?

2. What does the narrator’s sister do every night before bed?

3. What does the narrator’s father do in Chapter 7 after the narrator refuses to eat or apologize to Ursula?

4. What items lead Lettie to the creature in Chapter 4?

5. Who are Mr. and Mrs. Wollery? What are their positions in the narrator's household?

6. Who steals the narrator’s father’s car in Chapter 2? Why?

7. Why does the narrator have to share a room with his sister in Chapter 2?

8. What does the narrator’s father do when he comes home from work in Chapter 7?

9. What new job has the narrator's mother taken in Chapter 6?

10. How does the narrator describe the clearing that he and Lettie enter in their search for the creature in Chapter 4?

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